Information crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Information” are DATA, INFO or OPEN, with 4 letters. Below are 58 answers from 3 to 15 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

GEN 3 letters · noun

informal term for information “give me the gen on your new line of computers”

DATA 4 letters · noun

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn “statistical data”

GUESS 5 letters · noun

an estimate based on little or no information

SOURCE 6 letters · noun

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained “the reporter had two sources for the story”

ENTROPY 7 letters · noun

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

DATABASE 8 letters · noun

an organized body of related information

EXPANSION 9 letters · noun

a discussion that provides additional information

ACCOUNTING 10 letters · noun

a system that provides quantitative information about finances

QUESTIONING 11 letters · noun

a request for information

INTELLIGENCE 12 letters · noun

a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

REINFORCEMENT 13 letters · noun

information that makes more forcible or convincing “his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints”

CONFIDENTIALITY 15 letters · noun

discretion in keeping secret information

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, DATA, INFO, OPEN, NEWS, WORD and SHOT all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: D → DATA · I → INFO · O → OPEN · N → NEWS · W → WORD · S → SHOT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, GUESS, STUFF, GUIDE, ERROR, CHART and GRAPH all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: S → GUESS · F → STUFF · D → GUIDE · O → ERROR · R → CHART · P → GRAPH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, SOURCE, SECRET, NOTICE, UPDATE, COLUMN and SKINNY all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: U → SOURCE · C → SECRET · T → NOTICE · D → UPDATE · L → COLUMN · I → SKINNY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “informations” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “information” means

• noun: a message received and understood
• noun: knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
• noun: formal accusation of a crime
• noun: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as INFORMATION, and words whose definition is INFORMATION. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.